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THE FrankliN press and the highlands Maconian THURSDAY, NOV. iX 1M2 Official Vote of Macon County November 5th Clippings PAGE FOUR M Published every Thursday by The Franklin Pre At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL. LVII y Number 46 Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson and W. S. Johnson Publishers Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C. as second cus matin SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year "frnt Six Months ' J1- Three Months VV Single Copy ARMISTICE DAY A DAY OF PRAYER A yreat change has come since the first Armistice Day. Then we wire beside ourselves with a .serjse of victory. For that we had been praying and fighting. This year we have approached the day con scious of the necessity Ito think and to pray. The' churches every where have made it a fellowship of prayer with all those who wor- ship the living God, our Father, who is love. - We pause, therefore, before we pray for victory in the spirit of a quarter of a century ago. We would ask ourselves whether we are ready to pray for victory apart from the spiritual bases upon which.it must come if it is to-be a blessing. The Church of Christ throughout the world refuses to lay first emphasis upon prayers for victory. There must first come our ap proach to God that He may be the center of our lives, asking that we may first be .cleansed that we may pray aright for others. There are those for whom we are especially concermed'. We are scattered over the face of the earth as never before. Our prayers as our imaginations can travel more easily today to the southern Pacific, to Africa, to Alaska. We cannot, now, be satisfied with prayers only for members of our Ifamily or those especially dear to us, but we must go beyond. Our prayers must be an. approach to God ifbr the whole world, remembering that "God soMoved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." We may well join in this prayer which is attributed to St. Francis of Assissi back in the 13th cen.tury : Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace; Where there is hatred . . . let me sow Ipve; Where there is injury . . . pardon; Where there is doubt . . . faith ; Where there is darkness . . . light; Where ithere is sadness . . . joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be con soled as tot console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving 'that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. A. R. Morgan. "The End Of The Beginning" THE news that full-fledged invasion force of our Army, Navy and Air units had arrived in Africa ( was electrifying to this country. This long-looked-for aid which has opened the long-promised "second front" brought this from Winston Churchill : "It is not the end, not even the beginning of the'end, but the end of the beginning." Back of this carefully couched statement, is now more than a mere hope for ultimate victory. It is the cloud, "no larger than a man's hand" which grows larger with a certainty that changes the face of things for a tortured world. Hitler knows now that he is on very thin ice indeed. Winter is settling down on his vast uncon quered Russian front where he promised his people victory more than a year ago. His vassal states and enslaved nations are seething in revolt as they see the hope of liberation appearing on the horizon. The violation' of armistice terms with crushed France is a desperate chance he is taking to hord his winnings there. His day of fighting and con quering by offensive warfare has past. He must spread even his defense very thin to hold against the threat of still another front in Western Europe. The African campaign is crumbling in complete rout Southern Europe faces invasion through Italy This is not the' end of "blood, sweat and tears" for any of the Allies, but it is "the end of the be ginning." Careless Matches Aid The Axis NO truer words were ever spoken when last Wed nesdav a forest fire three miles northeast of West's Mill was reported by Cowee Bald Lookout Tower. To corrall and make safe this forest fire required the efforts of four men of the West's Mill community and two members of the Nanta hala National Forest for one-half a day. . Wherein did Careless Matches Aid the Axis? Here is the full storv : On the afternoon of No vember 11th Armistice Day four men were en gaged in clearing out a road to the Burrell Moun tain mica mine when they were called to go to this forest fire, two Forest Service employees were en gaged in timber work one in computing acidwood salesbooks and the other in making preparations to place four million feet of National Forest saw timber on the market. These six men were all oc cupied in making available materials for our fight ing forces. On the one hand mica was being made available; on the other, lumber was being made available. We all know there is a shortage of these two strategic materials and that our war industries are begging for greater quantities of both. Now, the forest fire was started through care lessness. Judging from its location, it was probably started bv a hunter's warming fire or a smoker's matches. Due to its prompt discovery and the effi cient work of the fire-fighting crew it was held to a very small acreage. But the fact remains that productive labor labor engaged in producing war materials was diverted to the non-productive task of extinguishing a forest fire caused by some care less individual WE MUST NOT LET "CARE LESS MATCHES AID THE AXIS". f- CANDIDTTES -3 . .. . , w o O few ' Q j: t: JS UJ J2 .2, rt .c r f t a. S w ) 35 FOR U. S. SENATE Bailey ' 127 103 31 176 Morris MS 184 148 185 FOR U. S. CONGRESS Weaver 130 103 31 172 Ferguson "8 188 148 188 FOR STATE SENATE E. B, Whitaker 113 82 24 169 Jack Hicks H4 182 139 181 FOR REPRESENTATIVE W. A. Rogers 127 85 26 173 George A. Cloer i 113 196 139 182 FOR SOLICITOR John Queen V 121 .95 25 177 FOR SHERIFF A. B. Slagle 104 67 27 168 J. P. Bradley 144 225 141 189 FOR CLERK OF COURT Hadey R. CaJbe 102 73 26 166 A. R. Higdan 10 214 142 188 FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS Lake V. Shope H8 55 24 173 Wiley Clark 120 149 141 184 FOR CORONER George O. Wallace ... T. 109 83 23 173 R. G. Ray . 125 193 139 177 FOR SURVEYOR John H. Dalton 110 89 26 169 J. L. Dills 122 198 139 179 FOR CHM. COMMISSIONERS Gus Leach . 119 92 27 174 W. L. Tippett 121 188 142 179 FOR -MEMBER BD. COMM. C. L. Blaine 106 86 25 172 W. W. Edwards 100 85 22 174 M. B. L. Downs 153 188 139 179 Guy Paul 107 187 134 181 M rs e E a it u o 1 5 c j H j a c be c '2 w 3 11 295 10 115 9 291 10 119 11 274 9 114 13 290 10 128 13 298 15 278 10 147 13 289 12 128 16 314 11 114 11 288 9 116 9 289 9. 118 11 287 11 121 11 286 14 285 10 122 9 -118 I 2 5 0 Oh H 183 924- 2201 178 375 1788 191 921 2202 171 391 1811 158 850 2003 167 366 1745 157 906 2097 518 396 1865 I 177 926 2181 126 854 1979 243 484 2085 140 745 1880 206 580 2104 208 962 2230 167 386 1841 166 880 2062 181 414 1841 188 887 2095 172 391 1807 164 893 2090 181 ,403 1834 168 902 2086 159 868 2029 189 393 1850 170 393 1774 Letters to Editor (The excerpts below from a let ter of H. Taylor Crockett to his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. S. R. Crockett of Hazelwood will be of interest to his many friends here. The Editor). Dear Folks : ... I suppose it is alright to say that I was in southern England for a while. While training, I got to see a good deal of the English countryside. It is very quaint and picturesque. There are lots of old houses enclosed by stone or brick walls. The barns, sheep sheds and out-houses are also in the same enclosure. I was surprised at the size of tthe fields. They run from ten to fifty acres and are planted in wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, cabbage or collards no corn. Everything gives the impression of growing exactly where it is want ed, even the weeds and wild shrub bery. ... 1 got acquainted with an Eng lish soldier whose home was at Oxford. He wanted me to go home with him, but I did not get the chance. We did start one Sun day morning, but had to turn back - for fear of getting back to barracks late. He thought I would be interested in seeing some of the old buildings there. He was very interested in and very well informed about America. He ask ed me about the Smoky Moun tains, the Rhododendron Festival, the gardens at Charleston, and numerous other questions. The ed ucated Englishman it generally a great admirer of the Generals of the Confedracy. Their opinions or idea of an American is now form ed from his reactions to New York City. . . . I ran into a Scotch boy, 19 years old, an R. A F. gunner with a bomber crew. He was in the battle of Dunkirk. He told me he was with a ground crew at that time, and that the English Expedi tionary Force was down to ten planes, and could not get any more as all the plames left in England were being used to pro tect the evacuation. He told me one story which interested me as showing to what extreme the Ger mans went to wipe out the Eng lish force. He said that the ground force was working on the plames one evening at dusk when sudden ly abont 50 large dogs attacked them. The first he knew of the attack was when four dogs jerked hint' to the ground and began chewing om him. He had numerous large scars about the hands, wrist, head and neck and I suppose the story is true. Some of he men had their hands chewed completely oH. British tommy gunners, rescued them. He seemed to be a nice boy and . from a good family. I could not understand all his Scotch talk. I had a rather pleasant exper ience recently. On the way in from a very strenuous night march, we stopped at a village to wait for transportation to oar headquarters. I was walking op the street looking for a shop where I could ' get some hot tea, as I was wet to the skin and very cold. An elderly gentleman stopped me and asked if I would care to come to his house for a cup of tea. Of course I readily accepted. I was taken into the kitchen, the old lady saving that the "poor wet laddie" should come where he could get warm. . . . When the bugle blew for the troops to as semble they told me to come back anytime I could that I would J- Press Comment NEWSPAPER CONTEST Although we do not know yet who the winners of the newspaper contest will be we received a copy of the Franklim Press today . . . and Macon County has collected 180 pounds per capita. Congraula tions, Macon County. That is real ly showing those Japs! The following collection's are re sponsible for the large increase over last reports: Nantahala Pow er and Light Company, 183,000 pounds ; Utah Construction Com pany, 901,800 pounds; Burrell Mo tor Company, 130,095 pounds. Other westenn counties running close to Macon are Graham, with 132 pounds per capita, Transyl vania, 126; Jackson, 112; Chero kee, 106 pounds per capita, respec tively. The Tar Heel Scrapper. Authority to control the dispo sition of livestock, wiciuaing cai tle, calves, sheep, and swine, has been conferred upon Secretary of Agriculture Wickard by Donald M. Nelson. ways find a bed and something to eat. The genuiness of their hos pitality gave my spirits more of a lift than they have had for a long time. . . . Our performance in certain har rowing operations was commended by the British officers. . . . I am standing by, with all equip ment to report to regimental head quarters, when told. This means another change, I guess. My regards to all. . . . H. Taylor Crockett. Eggs are 40 cents a dozen. Why not make your hens lay more with Purina Layene and Purina Lay Chow We have Purina Chow for the cow too, and feed for all vour1 farm animals. FRANKLIN Hardware Co. Social Security Official Will Be In Franklin A representative of the Asheville field office of the Social Security Board will be at the Postoffice, Room 103, Franklin, Thursday, No vember 19, 1942, 1:00 p. m., east ern war time. Wage earners who have worked in a job covered by the Social Security Act since December 31, 1936, and have attained age 65, may be eligible to file claim for them selves, their wivesor minor chil dren, whether they have an ac count number or not. Surviving relatives of deceased workers, such as widows, children, or parents, or if none of the above, persons who have paid funeral expanses, may be eligible to file claim. In addition, persons who have need of social security account numbers or other information per taining to the Act are invited to meet this representative at the1 time amd place mentioned; THE FINAL TEST The people of this country are face to face with one of the most critical of all tests that can be exacted of our form of ' govern ment inflation. It is more diffi cult to understand than war. If is intangible. Dr, Paul F. Cadman, leading economist, has pointed out that it will take a lot more than laws to fight inflation. The present policy of one group blaming another group in seeking a scapegoat for the rising cost of living, will prove disastrously futile. If continued, it will offset all tax measures, forc ed savings, price regulations, wage stabilization, rationing, and credit contrl. Imflation is a challenge to the individual. As Dr. Cadman ob served: "This is one of the real occasions when the American peo ple have a chance to demonstrate the moral fiber of the nation in their willingness to be obediemt to the unenforceaole.- For, of a truth, inflation cannot be controlled by either legislation or compulsion." Most of us have occasionally been guilty of unconsidered attacks on industry, labor, or politics, as if each group was a separate en tity. We need all three groups and the sooner we realize it, just so much sooner will leaders of each group moderate their policies. It is a mortal certainty that if the irrelevant disputes don't cease, we might as well abandon the hypocrisy of waving the American flag arid consoling ourselves in our discontent with brass bands. It is inconceivable that we cannot live up to the ideals of freedom and opportunity that made this (nation. However, the test is before us, final and irrevocable. Everything heretofore has been preliminary, with plenty of cribbing. Not so now. You cannot crib in a test in which natuTal law is the judge. Only production, thrift, economy and honesty in public and private life cam stem the tide of infla tion now. -Industrial News Review. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of W. M. Queens deceased, late, of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of No vember, 1943, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. This 9th day of November, 1942. J. FRANK QUEEN, Administrator Nl2-6tp D17 Notice to Tax Payers TOWN OF FRANKLIN At a recent meeting of the Board of Alder men of the Town of Franklin, an order was passed that proceedings be instituted at once for the collection of all past due taxes due the Town. Payment of these taxes at once will save the tax payer additional cost. E. W. LONG, Tax Collector, Town of Franklin Sweaters! WW MEN'S AND BOYS' New Lamb Knit Sweaters all wool and part wool, all new shades sleeveless, slip overs, and coat styles. All sizes for men and boys. Jusf! what you need to wear when winter blows in I E. K. Cunningham & Co. mTk4 Shop of Quality"
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